In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be____36____ .

Today things are___37_____, the world has become too___38____ . We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are___39____ our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth ___40____survive.

Everyone___41_____ today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing__42_____ , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, ___43____will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we ___44_____to use bigger and more powerful machines to __45____more and more trees.

We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die.___46_____, in most countries wastes are ___47______put into rivers or into the sea, and there are _48_____laws to stop this.

We know, too, that if the___49____ of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough___50_____. What can we do to solve these problems ?

It we eat more vegetables and less___51____, there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops __52_____five times more people than land where animals are kept.

Our natural resources will _53_____longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth__54_______ .

Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and clearer ___55____in the future.

1.                A.beautiful        B.unlimited (無(wú)限的) C.rare  D.valuable

 

2.                A.common        B.the same        C.changeable    D.different

 

3.                A.crowded        B.small           C.dirty D.busy

 

4.                A.protecting      B.saving          C.polluting  D.fighting

 

5.                A.may not        B.will not         C.shall not  D.could not

 

6.                A.wonders        B.realizes         C.consider  D.discovers

 

7.                A.poles          B.boats           C.methods  D.ideas

 

8.A mountains     B. the sea       C. trees              D. forests

9.                A.continue        B.have           C.ought    D.will go on

 

10.               A.grow          B.plant           C.save  D.cut down

 

11.               A.Thus           B.However       C.Generally speaking   D.Therefore

 

12.               A.still            B.even           C.a(chǎn)lso  D.certainly

 

13.               A.too many       B.a(chǎn) few          C.some D.few

 

14.               A.production      B.pollution        C.population D.revolution

 

15.               A.houses         B.vegetables      C.food  D.lives

 

16.               A.fruit           B.meat           C.fish   D.grain

 

17.               A.feeds          B.increases       C.supplies   D.helps

 

18.               A.use            B.stay           C.keep D.last

 

19.               A.control         B.born           C.plan  D.reward

 

20.               A.nature         B.sea            C.planet D.forest

 

 

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文主要從人口增多談?wù)摥h(huán)境問(wèn)題。今天人口的不斷增長(zhǎng)使得地球越來(lái)越擁擠,食物缺乏,同時(shí)也帶來(lái)了諸如森林消失、魚(yú)類(lèi)滅絕等問(wèn)題,并提醒人們說(shuō)如果繼續(xù)下去勢(shì)必會(huì)危及人們的生命。后面通過(guò)幾個(gè) if 提出了幾種改變目前環(huán)境現(xiàn)狀的建議。

1.B。由上句的“過(guò)去人們不必去想環(huán)境保護(hù)問(wèn)題”及與下文的對(duì)比可知,此處說(shuō)的是人們?cè)谶^(guò)去的一種傾向——“地球上人少,自然資源似乎是無(wú)限的”。unlimited 意為“無(wú)限的,無(wú)窮盡的”。

2.D。與上面說(shuō)的“自然資源似乎是無(wú)限的”的傾向不同,“現(xiàn)在情況不同了,人口已越來(lái)越多”。

3.A。由上文的人口增多聯(lián)想到“世界變得很擁擠”。

4.C。前面有“我們很快就會(huì)用盡自然資源”,順此話(huà)意可推測(cè)后句應(yīng)為“同時(shí)我們正在用有毒的化學(xué)物質(zhì)污染著我們的環(huán)境”。

5.B。針對(duì)上面出現(xiàn)的情況而作出的一種假設(shè):如果繼續(xù)這樣做,人類(lèi)生活將會(huì)在地球不復(fù)存在。continue to do this 在這里是接著上文提到的“我們正在用有毒的化學(xué)物質(zhì)污染著我們的環(huán)境”來(lái)說(shuō)的。

6.B。從下文的…there will be none left 及…more and more fish are caught 可看出,此處說(shuō)的是“……如果太多的魚(yú)從海里捕撈上來(lái),不久將不會(huì)再剩下魚(yú)了”。take 在這里指“打/捕撈(魚(yú))”。

7.C。句意為:使用現(xiàn)代的捕魚(yú)方法,越來(lái)越多的魚(yú)被捕撈到。若選 D,fishing poles 意為“釣魚(yú)桿”,在此不符合上下文。

8.D。前面說(shuō)過(guò)分捕魚(yú)會(huì)導(dǎo)致魚(yú)類(lèi)消失,與此相似,如果過(guò)分砍伐樹(shù)木將會(huì)導(dǎo)致森林的消失。cut down 意為“砍伐”,其他選項(xiàng)不符合語(yǔ)境。

9.A。前面說(shuō)的是我們知道的砍伐樹(shù)木的事實(shí)及后果,而這里用 Yet道出現(xiàn)在人們不顧這些事實(shí)及后果,繼續(xù)使用大型有力的機(jī)器砍伐樹(shù)木的事實(shí)。

10.D。從下文…in most countries wastes are ___12___ put into rivers or into the sea 等來(lái)看,此處說(shuō)的是“我們意識(shí)到如果河水被從工廠排出的廢物污染的話(huà),我們將會(huì)死亡”。

11.B。前面說(shuō)“我們意識(shí)到如果從工廠排出的廢物污染了河水的話(huà),我們將會(huì)死亡”,這與下文的“在多數(shù)國(guó)家廢物仍排放到河流或大海中”構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,故用 however(然而)。

12. A。盡管人們已意識(shí)到污染這個(gè)問(wèn)題,但人們?nèi)匀煌蠛@锶永?/p>

13. D。上面說(shuō)“人們?nèi)韵虼蠛@锏估,此處說(shuō)是產(chǎn)生這種現(xiàn)象的因素,即“很少有法律阻止人們這樣做”。

14.C。此處說(shuō)的是對(duì)人口繼續(xù)增長(zhǎng)的后果,即如果世界人口繼續(xù)以現(xiàn)在的速度增長(zhǎng),將沒(méi)有足夠的食物吃了。

15.C。從…if that the population of the world continues to __14__ at the present rate 等可推測(cè),此處說(shuō)的是“食物”問(wèn)題。即“幾年后將不會(huì)有足夠的吃的(東西)”,另外,從下一段的內(nèi)容也可得到提示。

16. B。從下句可知,“如果我們多吃蔬菜,少吃肉,將會(huì)給大家提供更多的糧食”。這也可從 vegetables 上得到啟發(fā),此處說(shuō)的是吃的,故用 meat。

17.A。從上下文及后面的…if we learn to recycle them 來(lái)看,此處說(shuō)的是“我們的自然資源將持續(xù)更長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間”。last 表示“持續(xù),延續(xù)”。

18.D動(dòng)詞辨析。A使用B保持,逗留C維持D持續(xù)!拔覀兊淖匀毁Y源將持續(xù)更長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間”。last 表示“持續(xù),延續(xù)”。

19.A。如果人們利用現(xiàn)代方法來(lái)進(jìn)行計(jì)劃生育的話(huà),世界人口就不會(huì)提高那么快。birth control 指“計(jì)劃生育”。

20. C。針對(duì)上面的問(wèn)題,最后提出一點(diǎn)建議或思考:如果我們教育人們來(lái)思考這個(gè)問(wèn)題的話(huà),我們將會(huì)有一個(gè)更好的世界。think about 為“思考,考慮”。

考點(diǎn):考查環(huán)保類(lèi)短文閱讀

點(diǎn)評(píng):本文主要從人口增多談?wù)摥h(huán)境問(wèn)題。本文要求考生具有扎實(shí)的英語(yǔ)詞組、短語(yǔ)、習(xí)慣用法等英語(yǔ)搭配的知識(shí),這對(duì)于理解文章的邏輯關(guān)系特別有利。文章的邏輯關(guān)系不外乎列舉、原因、結(jié)果、讓步、對(duì)照、補(bǔ)充、目的、條件等關(guān)系。解題時(shí)應(yīng)聯(lián)系上下文尋找相關(guān)線(xiàn)索,如某一個(gè)詞的原詞、指代詞、同義詞、近義詞、上義詞、下義詞和概括詞等。但由于我們?cè)谧鲱}時(shí)不可能總是重復(fù)地閱讀文章,因此,在做完形填空時(shí)要培養(yǎng)一種捕捉并記憶相關(guān)信息的能力。

 

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2. What do you think parents should do to help their kids?( No more than 15 words)
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3. What do the children need to do to follow the doctors' sugges- tion?( No more than 15 words)
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4. Please explain the underlined word in English.( Only one word)
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
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